Bottle-washing machine.



A. I. RISSER.

BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APILIGATIOH FILED 0013.16, 1911.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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A. I. RISSER.

BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED 001'. 16, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR I. RISSER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR I. RIssER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicage, in the county of Cook and State of and easilyoperated. I

A further object is to obtain a device which may be used for washing theinside andoutside of different sized bottles, and by means of which theinside of the bottles will be thoroughly cleaned.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of a washing machineembodying the invention, with a portion of the hood of the device brokenaway to expose to view the operative parts thereunder. Fig. 2 is avertical section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, viewed in the directionindicated by the arrows. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a portion of ahollow'section forming an element of the device. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of a portion of a shelf forming an element of the device. Fig. 5 isa perspective view of the upper part of a vertical water delivery pipeforming an element of the device. Fig. 6 is a vertical section, on anenlarged scale, of the central bearing of the device, viewed in the samedirection as in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the central bearingillustrated in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on line 8-8 ofFig. 6, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 9 is a topplan view of a cap, provided with passage ways and forming an element ofthe central bearing of the device. Fig. 10 is an elevation of the capillustrated in Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a top plan view of the casting formingthe bottom and non-rotating member of the central bearing, and Fig. 12is a top plan view of a perforated disk, duplicates of which form thesupporting tables of the ball bearing member of the device.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 16, I911.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912. Serial No. 654,953.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A, A, are legs supporting the large bowl B. a is a cross bar secured tolegs A and supporting the speed reducing member C.

D is a vertical rotatably mounted shaft.

E, E, are the driving pulleys of the speed reducingmember C. Rotation ofpulley E rotates the vertical shaft D at a considerable lower rate ofspeed than that at which said pulley E rotates.

F is the stationary and ball bearing supporting member of the centralbearing of the device and is rigidly secured to bowl B, I

by rivets or bolts f.

f is an annulargroove in casting F' and f, (see Figs. ,6 and '11) is ascrew-threaded discharge way nular groove f communicating with the an-G, (see Figs. 6 and 11), is the journal" bearing in casting F' forvertical shaft D.

g is a recess at the upper end of casting F, and H, H, (see Figs. 2, 6,and 12), are disks of hardened steel, respectively provided withaperture h. through which the shaft D extends.

I, I are steel balls of the ordinary kind.

I, Fig. 6, is a ball retaining device.

J is a rotatable member provided with annular groove J.

To assemble the central bearing one of the plates II is placed in recess9, balls I in ball retainer I are placed thereon, and an additionalplate II is placed on said balls. The rotatable member J is rigidlysecured to shaft I), placed on the upper plate H, (resting thereon), andis rotated by the ratation of said shaft. Member J is provided with theannular flange 7' at the lower end thereof, the function of said flangebeing simply to prevent water getting into the ball bearing of thedevice.

K, K, are vertical passage ways in'member J and 70, 7c, are horizontalapertures respectively communicating with the vertical passage ways K.

L, L, are separable members with rubber plates M placed between them,which are joined by bolts 1 and secured in grooveJ' of member J to formthe water intake of the device.

m is the inlet to the water intake. Inlet m is connected to supply pipeX, which is in communication with a suitable source of water supply,under pressure. As the apertures k are successively turned to registerwith the inlet m, water is forced intosaid inlet and into thecommunicating vertical passage ways K.

N is a cap which is provided with passage ways 01. registering with thepassage ways K, respectively. Cap N is rigidly attached members P.Tables Q are provided with apertures g which are concentric with pipes pthrough which the neck of a bottle which is to be washed is passed, withone of said vertical water distributing pipes 70 in said bottle, and theshoulder of the neck of said bottle resting on said table. The tables Qe a horizontal plane.

are respectively made of sheet metal with the ends Q and one of thesides Q turned up to retain the body part of said tables in U are tubessecured to said tables, (Figs. 2 and 4). Tubes U fit over the posts 9,on castings P. Thetables Q are thus made removable from the posts 9, andby dropping washers a over said posts before placing tubes U thereon thetables are raised to permit small bottles to rest thereon with the necksthereof in apertures g, and said posts not in contact with the bottom ofsaid bottles.

R is a hood provided with flexible curtains 1', 1". S are waterdistributing pipes underneath the hood R, which are in communicationwith water supply pipe X. Water distributing pipes S are arranged sothat the water discharged therefrom is directed onto the outside ofbottles on tables Q when said tables and bottles thereon, are underneaththe hood B.

T are ties connecting adjacent ends of hollow heads P.

and from thence through the nozzle p of i the discharge pipes 79'. Atthe time of the flow of water into and through a given hollow head P, aslast above described, said head will be well within the hood R.

The bottles to be cleaned are placed on the table Q of a given head Pbefore said head and table enter the hood B. As said bottles movethrough the hood, say in the direction indicated by arrow 01/, Fig. 1 onthe outside thereof they receive water discharged from pipes S, and onthe inside water discharged from nozzles 79". The bottles are thereforecleansed on the inside by the water from nozzles p" and on the outsideby the Water from pipes S. As the heads P, tables Q, and bottles Xthereon emerge from underneath the hood Rsaid bottles are removed fromthe tables and additional botties are placed thereon before said headsand tables are again moved under said hood.

I claim In a bottle washing machine provided with a plurality of hollowrotatable bases, means to rotate said bases and means'to supply water tothe hollow bases during a given travel thereof while rotating, thecombination of vertical pipes on and communicating with said bases,standards mounted on said bases, sheets of metal on said standards, saidsheets provided with apertures which are concentric to said pipes andthrough which apertures said pipes extend, the said sheets of metal madeof thin material and said standards so disposed as to obtain an elastichorizontal table adapted to support bottles, with the necks thereof insaid apertures.

ARTHUR I. RISSER. In the presence of- CHARLES TURNER BROWN, 0. A. ADAMS.

